<p><span data-contrast="auto">Robots & Pencils is seeking a seasoned AWS AI Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of complex, enterprise-grade generative and agentic AI systems built on Amazon Web Services. You will architect scalable, secure, and production-ready AI platforms leveraging Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, AWS Strands Agents, AWS AgentCore Gateway, Nova Forge, Nova 2 Sonic, and related AWS AI/ML services.</span> <br> <br><span data-contrast="auto">As an AWS AI Solutions Architect, you will serve as a strategic technical advisor—translating ambiguity into structured AWS-native architectures, validating designs through hands-on prototyping, and ensuring every solution aligns with the AWS Well-Architected Framework (including ML Lens) while delivering measurable business value.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Key Responsibilities</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">Client Engagement & AWS Solution</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">s</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3"> Architecture</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Serve as the primary AWS AI architecture partner for strategic clients, driving generative and agentic AI system design from discovery through production.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead architecture design using Amazon Bedrock (including foundation models and custom models), Bedrock AgentCore, AWS Strands Agents, and AWS AgentCore Gateway.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Design advanced RAG, Agentic RAG, and multi-agent orchestration architectures leveraging AWS-native services such as Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Aurora (pgvector), and OpenSearch.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Produce AWS reference architectures, architecture decision records (ADRs), and implementation roadmaps aligned to business objectives.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Validate feasibility through hands-on prototyping in Python using Bedrock SDKs, SageMaker, and serverless services.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Ensure architectures follow AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, VPC, PrivateLink) and cost optimization principles.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">Outcome Ownership & Business Impact</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Own architectural integrity from concept through production deployment on AWS.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Align solutions with AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Guide clients through tradeoff decisions across model selection (Bedrock FMs vs custom SageMaker models), latency, cost, governance, and compliance.</span> <br><span data-contrast="auto">Accelerate time-to-value through reusable AWS accelerators, Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform/CDK), and CI/CD automation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Continuously evaluate emerging AWS AI capabilities (Nova Forge, Nova 2 Sonic, Bedrock updates, and new AgentCore capabilities).</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">Engineering Leadership & Delivery Excellence</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Provide architectural oversight to Forward Deployed Engineers and AWS delivery teams.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Establish best practices for MLOps on AWS including model lifecycle management, monitoring, and observability using SageMaker, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Define governance, responsible AI guardrails, Bedrock Guardrails configuration, and security controls for enterprise environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">M